Donato/Deodato

by Jo茫o Donato & Eumir Deodato

Donato/Deodato cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1973
  • Label: Muse
  • Country: Brazil
  • Length: 31:41
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A highly fruitful collaboration between two titans of Brazilian music, this session was recorded in New York and captures an effortless blend of laid-back bossa nova grooves and sophisticated American jazz-funk. With Deodato handling the lush string and horn arrangements and Donato providing his signature, understated electric piano phrasing, the record maintains an incredibly warm, breezy atmosphere. It stands as a pinnacle of early 1970s Latin jazz crossover, renowned for its pristine production and irrepressible syncopation.

Genres

Descriptors: fusion, rhythmic, percussive, piano, groove-laden, funky, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Whistle Stop (4:00)
  2. Where's J.D.? (5:52)
  3. Capricorn (6:00)
  4. Nightripper (6:31)
  5. You Can Go (5:15)
  6. Batuque (4:03)

Credits

  • Jo茫o Donato - primary artist, keyboards, written-by
  • Eumir Deodato - primary artist, keyboards, arranged by, conductor, written-by
  • Ray Barretto - congas, written-by
  • Allan Schwartzberg - drums
  • Romeo Penque - flute, whistle
  • Bob Rose - guitar
  • Mauricio Einhorn - harmonica
  • Airto Moreira - percussion

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